Name : Mr. Jerrin Chandan S
Qualification : MA Philosophy and MA English Literature (K-Set)
Designation : Assistant Professor & HOD
Department : English
E-mail id : jerrinchandan@gmail.com
Biography :
Mr. Jerrin Chandan S served as an assistant director of Radio Sarang, a community radio of St. Aloysius College, Mangalore and represented the radio at 3rd National Community Radio Sammelan held at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. He also served as the Asst. Director of St. Aloysius College hostel. He served as a lecturer at Loyola College, Mundgod. He also worked as a content writer for an event management firm called Fuel India.

Apart from being a lecturer he is also a passionate film maker. His short films have been acknowledged both at national and international film festivals for their creative and critical approach to life. Deccan Herald and The New Indian Express carried a feature on the films and their achievements. He is a voracious reader and writer. He has a blog of his own and has contributed to papers and magazines occasionally.

Professional Qualification

Conference/seminars/workshops hosted:

• International Conference on “Negotiating Postcolonial Spaces” – July, 2020
• A guest lecture on “Remembering Girish Karnad” – August, 2019
• National level symposium on “Movies and Meanings” – January, 2017
• Organized Hopkins Lecture Series

Conference/seminars/workshops attended

• An international webinar titled “How to commit a perfect murder?” organized by Bangalore International Center and Bangalore Literary Festival – July, 2020
• International Screen Writing Workshop organized by Bangalore International Film Festival – Feb, 2018
• A conversation on Sentimentality in Jane Austen organized by British Council – January, 2017
• A national level symposium on Ananthamurthy in retrospect – organized by Jain College, August, 2017

Research papers presented

• A research paper on “Re-reading as an act of exercising power” published by Tumkur University as part of National Conference.

Publication in other Journals

• An article titled “ Time to hold Media Responsible” published in Indian Currents magazine
• An article titled “Give Women a Chance” published in Indian Currents magazine
• An article titled “Priests and Politics” published in goenche.com

Accolades:

• Bangalore International Short Film Festival-2018 – Finalist
• Newark Short Film Festival-2018, U.S.A – Semi-Finalist
• Chennai International Short film festival-2019 – Semi-Finalist
• CortoNero_noir Short film festival-2018, Italy – Official Selection
• Inshort Film Festival-2018, Nigeria – Official Selection
• First-Time Film maker sessions -2019 – Official Selection
• The Lift-Off sessions – 2019 – Official Selection Media Publications:
• ‘Telling Stories of Change’ an article about my films featured in Deccan Herald
• ‘This Bengaluru Lecturer’s short film about sex taboos, Paarivala, is an eye-opener for students’ – featured in Indian Express
• ‘Paarivala : A film which talks about Sex taboos’ featured in filmyone.com

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